3 Main Care Values

Question 1

What are the three main care values?

Answer 1

1- Promoting diversity and equality
2- Maintaining confidentiality
3- Promoting rights and beliefs

Question 2

What is promoting diversity and equality?

Answer 2

Promoting diversity and equality is making sure everyone has the same opportunities regardless of their background, lifestyle or their abilities. Diversity means that every individual is appreciated and respecting the differences between their values, beliefs, cultures and lifestyle.

Question 3

What is maintaining confidentiality?

Answer 3

Maintaining confidentiality is keeping the information of an individual in someones care private. Their case and issues are not to be discussed with anyone and are to be privately discussed with the manager and what their client has said and how to deal with that situation.

Question 4

What is promoting rights and beliefs?

Answer 4

Promoting rights and beliefs is supporting individuals on rights to their dignity, empowerment, independence, safety and their choice. Promoting and beliefs is respecting their beliefs and protecting the individual from abuse.

Question 5

How is diversity and equality promoted in care home setting?

Answer 5

Equality would be promoted in a care home by giving all of the residents in that care home the same opportunities. For example, all of the residents should be given the same options for what they want to their lunch or what activity the want to do that day. Diversity in a care home could be promoted by all of the residents being treat the same by staff no matter what their their background or beliefs are which would make them feel a lot more comfortable in the care home and would help them be themselves.

Question 6

How is maintaining confidentality promoted in a care home setting?

Answer 6

Maintaining confidenality is promoted in a care home by the staff ensuring the residents their infomation will be kept safe and there infomation will not be disclosed under any circumstaces whilst they are in the care home. This would help the residents and staff build trust and give the residents some reassurance.

Question 7

How is right and beliefs promoted in a care home setting?

Answer 7

Promoting rights and belifes is imprtant to residents in a care home. The staff would promoted rights and beliefs by them not discriminating against residents because of their backround or culture. The staff would have to protect all the residents and not treat them differently because of who they are.

Question 8

Why is maintaing confidenality improtant to an individual in a residental care home?

Answer 8

Maintaining is confentality is important to a resident in a care home because it gives them reassurence. It helps them build a bond and trust with others and staff if they know that their infomation will be kept safe. It is important because the infomation about the individual may be important and could be used against them if their infomation was disclosed.

Question 9

Why is promoting rights and beliefs important to individals in a care home?

Answer 9

Promoting rights and beliefs to resident in a care home is important becuse it helps them feel comfortable in the care home. It helps them feel like they are not singled out and they are not being treated differently because of who they are.

Question 10

If someone is being dicriminated in a care home beacuse of their beliefs or background who can they go to for advice?

Answer 10

They can go to other staff for advice or help with their situation to see if it can be stopped. There are also plenty of websites and helplines people of all ages can visit if they need help or advice on how to deal with their situation.

Question 11

How can discriminating someone becuase of their beliefs in a care home be stopped?

Answer 11

In the care home managers can set up weekly meeting to review their week and discuss if they have any problems. They can ask residents themselves if any problems have been happening whilst they have been at the care home and give the residents a chance to talk and open up if they have an issue.

Question 12

Who are these main care values mainly aimed at?

Answer 12

The care values are aimed at vunerable people such as elderly people and children who can be vunerable at points, they would need more advanced and higher protection from certian situations.

Question 13

Do all of these are values have an impact?

Answer 13

These care values do have an impact on vunerables people certian situcations. For example if someone was being discriminated these care values and policies would help them however dicrimination still happens and the care values may not protect all of the time in every situation.

Question 14

How can treating someone unequaly be stopped?

Answer 14

Managers in the care home could interview staff and residents on how their week has been. Secuity could be set in around the care home in order to protect the resididents and to protect them from being treated unequaly.

Question 15

How do these care values work?

Answer 15

They are designed to stop people who are vunerbale from being treated unequaly, having their infomation dislose or being discriminated becuase of their backgrounds. They stop if from happening becuase of punishments and concequences if these care values are broken under any circurmstances.

Question 16

Describe two different ways staff at great park retirement home cold provide care that meets the needs of the residents cultural differences.

Answer 16

Meals would be varied for different cultures for example halal, kosher and vegetarian residents would need different types of meals. Some sculptress would need female doctors or care assistants. Residents who are religious would need to be provided with prayer rooms and arranged transport to churches or Mosques. Celebrations of a range of festivals with residents such as Easter, Christmas, iciness new year or Hanuka. Residents need to be provided with activities/resources/ books that reflect different cultures/ beliefs/ faiths. In the care home there needs to be staff who speak different languages in order to communicate with other residents who can not speak English.

Question 17

Identify three rights at the residents of great park retirement home.

Answer 17

Freedom of choice
Confidentiality
Protection from harm and abuse
Equal and fair treatment
Consultation 
Right to life

Question 18

Identify and analyse ways that the management promotes good practise.

Answer 18

The care home needs to have approachable managers for staff to talk to. Role models that are positive and observe staff practise in order to make sure everything is being done in an officiant way. Managers need to observe attitudes with in staff and their behaviour.

Question 19

identify two different values of care.
Give examples...
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Answer 19

Two different values of care could be promoting equality, diversity and promoting rights and beliefs.
An example of this is providing choice towards individuals.
Value of care is individuals are free to make their own decisions. This helps encourage their independence. Another value of care is providing activities which provided them with support.

Question 20

in the great park residential home two of the residents, Paul and Hardeep, like to spend their afternoons in the TV lounge. They are constantly argue about which programme to watch. The arguments upset other residents. How could the staff resolve this conflict?

Answer 20

Have a chat with Paul and Hardeep together explaining to them how they are upsetting other residents. Confidentiality speak to each of them and try to find out why thy are always arguing. Staff to observe both men and listen to the arguments and figure out what to do.

Question 21

Give to ways that staff could maintain confidentiality at beach view adult nursing home.

Answer 21

Residents personal notes being stored securely. Clear policies.

Question 22

Following an inspection the care home has been graded outstanding. Read the extract below taken from the inspection report- Then answer question 1A.
(case study- inspector report- is on page 2 in the box)

Answer 22

1-Staff offer privacy to those who have difficulties eating for example they can eat their meal in their own room.
2-Residents are provided with serviettes, rather than bibs to protect their clothing.
3-Staff make sure food is available and accessible between meal times.

Question 23

Identify two values of care,other that confidentiality that beach view staff should apply in their day to day work.

Answer 23

Promoting equality and diversity

Promoting individual rights and beliefs

Question 24

Explain how implementing a confidentiality policy in a care setting helps to promoted good practice.

Answer 24

1- Providing guidance on how to maintain confidentiality.
2- Providing guidance on when to maintain confidentiality and the circumstances when it is appropriate to break it/ staff know how to handle
situations.
3-Ensuring staff know their responsibility/ what is expected/ professional conduct is clear.
4-Ensuring legal requirements are met
5- Providing a system of redress.
6-Helping prevent misuse of information
7-Reassuring individuals their information will be kept safe and will not be disclosed.